gjerb

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *serba, from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-, cognate to Latin sorbeō, Proto-Slavic *sьrbati.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɟɛɾb]

Verb

gjerb (first-person singular past tense gjerba, participle gjerbur)

  1. to sip, slurp

Synonyms
  • hurb

Derived terms
  • gjerbë, gjerboj

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gjerb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 132-133
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